Late last year we noticed that Apple seemed to be getting needlessly (and at times ridiculously) aggressive over its trademarks in Australia. There was the software developer who had a product named iPodRip, which had been around for years, which Steve Jobs suddenly decided needed to change its name. When the developer pleaded [...]
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suraj.sun writes with this snippet from an Associated Press report:
“China’s top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or ‘pay the consequences,’ giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking. ‘If you want to do something that disobeys Chinese law and regulations, you are unfriendly, you [...]
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The iPad is now officially available for pre-order, which means that news is going to be flowing in all day about its various specs and features. We’ll keep you updated on said news with this handy-dandy, ever-changing post. Keep your eyes here for the latest. If you’re still trying to figure out if [...]
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Brightkite is tricky. Tricky and smart.
While larger than most of their location-based rivals with over 2 million users, they know that in the past year they’ve lost some momentum to the newer check-in services like Foursquare and Gowalla. So they’re trying to do something unique to swing momentum back in their favor.
Today, at the SXSW [...]
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jprlk was the first of a few of you to send in the news that the Canadian Booksellers’ Association is apparently so afraid of competition from Amazon, that it’s asking the government to block the company from building a distribution center north of the border. Apparently, they’re relying on some ridiculous rules about “foreign [...]
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arcticstoat calls our attention to MIT research that has produced a version of polyethylene that can conduct heat away from computer chips. Polyethylene is the most widely used plastic. It’s not clear how practical this research is for industrial-scale use, involving as it does an atomic-force microscope. The work is detailed in a paper published [...]
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Google has just rolled out the first version of the Google Wave extensions gallery, making it easier for users to take advantage of some of the cool add-ons developers are building into the service.
After making a big slash at Google I/O last year, Google Wave (the real-time communication platform that is still in [...]
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It’s Apple iPad day, and every early adopter worth their salt is pre-ordering one of the soon to be ubiquitous little devices and counting the days until they get their hands on it on April 3. You’ve been waiting on this thing since December 2008, after all.
We know you’ve already bought two for yourselves, the [...]
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There was some hubbub earlier this month when sex columnist Violet Blue discovered that one of her old columns for the SF Chronicle had been altered by the Chronicle’s online site, SFGate.com. She was upset that the changes implied the article said the opposite of what it actually said — and found it odd [...]
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itwbennett writes “Sony on Tuesday ‘rolled out the ability to buy HD movies from the PlayStation Network,’ writes blogger Peter Smith. Sony claims they’re the first service to offer HD titles to own from all six major movie studios. Smith runs the numbers on ’standard’ pricing for titles ($19.99 for new releases; $17.99 for older [...]
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